Defence-related Manufacturing

HC Deb 09 July 1996 vol 281 cc96-7W

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the civilian population was engaged in defence-related manufacturing in each year since 1979. [35967]

Mrs. Angela Knight

The available information is provided in the following table.

Employment dependent on defence expenditure as a proportion of civilian population: United Kingdom1
	Per cent.
1978–79	0.9
1979–80	0.9
1980–81	1.0
1981–82	1.0
1982–83	1.0
1983–84	0.9
1984–85	0.9
1985–86	0.8
1986–87	0.8
1987–88	0.9

Employment dependent on defence expenditure as a proportion of civilian population: United Kingdom1
	Per cent.
1988–89	0.8
1989–90	0.8
1990–91	0.7
1991–92	0.7
1992–93	0.6
1993–94	0.5
1 Includes exports but excludes non-equipment related expenditure in UK.

Source:

UK Defence Statistics, MOD and ONS.